Seventh screening in the film programme Miguel Gomes – Full Retrospective and Carte Blanche, which explores the dialogue between the director’s filmography and his world of cinematic influences. The screening will feature Manoel de Oliveira’s "Doomed Love" (1979).


AMOR DE PERDIÇÃO | DOOMED LOVE
Manoel de Oliveira | POR | 1978 | 262'

A faithful adaptation of Camilo Castelo Branco’s most famous novel. The impossible love between Simão Botelho and Teresa de Albuquerque, thwarted by family rivalries, intertwined with Mariana’s resigned devotion to the former. A story set in the 19th century, inspired by real-life characters from Camilo’s own family, who would later be imprisoned in the Cadeia da Relação in Porto – the very same prison where his uncle Simão had previously been held. The characters of Teresa and Mariana are played by two “fleeting stars of Portuguese cinema”: Cristina Hauser and Elsa Wallenkamp.